catalyst 11.1 linux installer
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AMD Catalyst Installer Notes for Linux 1
AMD Cat a lys t I ns t a l le r
No tes f o r Li nux
The AMD Catalyst installer for Linux makes installing the AMD Catalyst proprietary
driver a much simpler and user friendly experience. The AMD Catalyst installer provides
two modes of installation. The Install Driver option provides a simple driver installation
process, and the Generate Distribution Specific Driver Package provides a simple way
to generate a package for your distribution.
This release note provides information on the following:
Compatible Operating Systems Minimum System Requirements System Recommendations Uninstalling the AMD Catalyst Proprietary Driver Install Driver Option Driver Update Notification Linux Feedback Program
Note: To successfully install the AMD Catalyst proprietary driver,
you should uninstall any third party graphics driver such as
NVIDIA proprietary graphics driver for Linux currently on your
system.
Note: AMD recommends that you create a central location for your
AMD Catalyst proprietary driver downloads.
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Note: AMD recommends you uninstall the AMD Catalyst
proprietary driver for Linux before installing a newer version.
Compatible Operating Systems
The latest version of the AMD Catalyst proprietary driver is designed to support the
following Linux distributions:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux suite Novell/SuSE product suite Ubuntu
Note: The AMD Catalyst driver for Linux may install on a number of
other Linux distributions. Refer to the Package Generation
installation instructions for more information.
Note: AMD contributed packaging scripts to help the creation of
other packages, but does not test or verify these. Currently Red Hat
Enterprise Linux suite and Novell/SuSE product suite support Linux
distributions. Please contact Red Hat and Novell/SuSE directly with
questions regarding their available support.
Note: ATI Events Daemon is not installed in /etc/init.d if using the
Automatic Driver Installation Option. To install the ATI Events
Daemon for Red Hat and SuSE, use the Generate Distribution
Specific Driver Package option to create packages for LGDinstallation. If there are no available packages for your distribution
that install scripts for the daemon, refer to their respective user
documentation on inserting and use of services/daemons. Examples
scripts can be located in the default directory of
"/usr/share/doc/ati/examples" after Automatic Driver Installation
Option installation.
Minimum System Requirements
Before attempting to install the AMD Catalyst proprietary driver, the following software
must be installed:
XOrg 6.8, 6.9, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5 or 7.6 Linux kernel 2.6 or above glibc version 2.2 or 2.3 POSIX Shared Memory (/dev/shm) support is required for 3D applications
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AMD Catalyst Installer Notes for Linux 3
Note: If a Linux 2.6.11 or newer kernel was built with
CONFIG_AGP enabled, the kernel AGP frontend is required to load
the fglrx kernel module. To identify whether your kernel was built
with CONFIG_AGP enabled, look for CONFIG_AGP=y in the
kernel config file, or if the 'agpgart' module is loaded.
System Recommendations
For optimal performance and ease of use, the following are available:
Kernel module build environmento Kernel source code include either the Kernel Source or Kernel Headers packages
The RPM utility should be installed and configured correctly on your system, if youintend to install via RPM packages
The following packages must be installed in order for the AMD Catalyst driver for Linux
to install and work optimally:
XFree86-Mesa-libGL libstdc++ libgcc XFree86-libs fontconfig freetype zlib gcc
Uninstalling the AMD Catalyst Proprietary Driver
Uninstalling the AMD Catalyst proprietary driver is dependent on the mode of the initial
installation.
Automatic or Custom Driver Installations
If the AMD Catalyst proprietary driver was installed using either the Automatic or
Custom options, then do the following:
1 Launch the Terminal Application/Window and navigate to the/usr/share/ati folder.2 With superuser permissions, enter the command "sh ./fglrx-uninstall.sh".3 Reboot your system.You have now successfully uninstalled the AMD Catalyst proprietary driver for Linux.
Package Generation
If the initial installation of the driver was done via the operating systems package
management software (RPM, APT, etc.) then please use that package management
software to remove the AMD Catalyst proprietary driver.
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AMD Catalyst Installer Notes for Linux 4
In order to restore the system to the previous state before the last installation, the original
configuration file needs to be restored manually. Without that, Xorg may fail to start
properly after uninstalling the driver and rebooting the system.
To restore the original Xorg configuration file:
1 Locate backup configuration files: ls /etc/X11/xorg.conf.original-*2 Take the latest version with the highest number and copy it over the existing
xorg.conf file: cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.original- /etc/X11/xorg.conf
After that it is safe to reboot the system and it will start up using the open-source driver
that ships with the OS.
Install Driver Option
The Install Driver option provides two driver installation options. The Automatic option
installs all driver components, and the Custom option allows for the selection of driver
components to be installed.
Note: The document uses ati-driver-installer-x86.x86_64.run as a
generic reference to the AMD install file. You will need to replace
the generic reference with the AMD Catalyst Linux install file you
wish to execute (e.g. ati-driver-installer-11-1-x86.x86_64.run for
Catalyst 11.1).
Automatic Driver Installation Option
Note: You must be logged in with superuser privileges (as root orwith sudo access) in order to successfully install the AMD Catalyst
proprietary driver for Linux.
To install the AMD Catalyst proprietary driver using the Automatic option, follow these
steps:
1 Launch the Terminal Application/Window and navigate to the AMD Catalystproprietary driver download.
2 Enter the command sh ./ati-driver-installer-x86.x86_64.run to launch the AMDCatalyst proprietary driver installer.
The AMD Catalyst proprietary driver setup dialog box is displayed.
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3 SelectInstall Driverand clickContinue. The AMD License Agreement will bedisplayed.
4 Read the License Agreement and clickI Agree to continue the installation, or Cancelto terminate the installation. The Mode of Installation Dialog Box is displayed.
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5 SelectAutomatic and clickContinue. The AMD Catalyst proprietary driver is nowinstalled, and the Installation Complete Dialog box will be displayed.
6 ClickExit to close the AMD Catalyst proprietary driver installer.7 Launch the Terminal Application/Window and run:
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AMD Catalyst Installer Notes for Linux 7
For versions of X.Org newer than 7,/usr/bin/aticonfig --initial to configure the
driver for your AMD product.
For versions of X.Org older than 7,/usr/X11R6/bin/aticonfig --initial to configure
the driver for your AMD product.
8 Reboot your system.You have successfully installed the AMD Catalyst proprietary driver for Linux.
Custom Driver Installation Option
The Custom option allows for the selection of driver components to be installed. To
install the AMD Catalyst proprietary driver using the Custom option, follow these steps:
1 Launch the Terminal Application/Window and navigate to the AMD Catalystproprietary driver you have downloaded.
2 Enter the command sh ./ati-driver-installer-x86.x86_64.run to launch the AMDCatalyst proprietary driver installer.
The AMD Catalyst proprietary driver setup dialog box will be displayed.
3 SelectInstall Driverand clickContinue. The AMD License Agreement will bedisplayed.
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AMD Catalyst Installer Notes for Linux 8
4 Read the License Agreement and clickI Agree to continue the installation, or Cancelto terminate the installation. The Mode of Installation Dialog Box will be displayed.
5 Select Custom and clickContinue. The AMD Catalyst proprietary driver setupoptions will be displayed.
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AMD Catalyst Installer Notes for Linux 9
6 Select the driver components to be installed and clickContinue. The AMD Catalystproprietary driver is installed, and the Installation Complete Dialog box will be
displayed.
7 ClickExit to close the AMD Catalyst proprietary driver installer.8 Launch the Terminal Application/Window and run:
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AMD Catalyst Installer Notes for Linux 10
For versions of X.Org newer than 7,/usr/bin/aticonfig --initial to configure the
driver for your AMD product.
For versions of X.Org older than 7,/usr/X11R6/bin/aticonfig --initial to configure
the driver for your AMD product.
9 Reboot your system.You have successfully installed the AMD Catalyst proprietary driver for Linux.
Generate Distribution Specific Driver Package Option
The Generate Distribution Specific Driver Package option provides a simple way to
generate a package specific for your distribution. This option uses the policies set by the
operating system vendor and allows for maximum compatibility with the distribution. To
install the AMD Catalyst proprietary driver using the Generate Distribution Specific
Driver Package option, follow these steps:
Note: You must be logged in with superuser privileges (as root or
with sudo access) in order to successfully install the AMD Catalystproprietary driver for Linux.
1 Launch the Terminal Application/Window and navigate to the AMD Catalystproprietary driver download.
2 Enter the command sh ./ati-driver-installer-x86.x86_64.run to launch the AMDCatalyst proprietary driver installer.
The AMD Catalyst proprietary driver setup dialog box will be displayed.
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3 Select Generate Distribution Specific Driver Package and clickContinue. The AMDLicense Agreement will be displayed.
4 Read the License Agreement and clickI Agree to continue the installation, or Cancelto terminate the installation. The Package Generation Dialog Box will be displayed.
Note: Selecting Packages for other distributions displays a dialogmessage box indicating instructions on how to generate packages for
distributions other than RedHat and SuSE.
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AMD Catalyst Installer Notes for Linux 12
Note: Some distributions can be detected by the installer. An option
toBuild package for detected OS: is displayed rather
than the Packages for other distributions option.
5 Select the distribution package to be generated and clickContinue. The packagegeneration will start and the Package Generation Completed dialog box will be
displayed.
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6 ClickExit to close the AMD Catalyst proprietary driver installer.7 You are now ready to install the generated distribution package using the
distribution's package management system.
8 After installing the generated distribution package, launch the TerminalApplication/Window and run:
For versions of X.Org newer than 7,/usr/bin/aticonfig --initial to configure the
driver for your AMD product.
For versions of X.Org older than 7,/usr/X11R6/bin/aticonfig --initial to configure
the driver for your AMD product.
10 Reboot your system.You have successfully installed the AMD Catalyst proprietary driver for Linux.
Driver Update Notification
To receive driver notifications, add the following RSS feed to your RSS reader:
http://www2.ati.com/rss/catalyst.rss
Note: In order to receive notifications you will need to have an RSS
reader installed.
Linux Feedback P rogram
The AMD Catalyst proprietary driver releases may incorporate suggestions received
through the Linux feedback program.
Please refer to http://www.amd.com/us/LinuxCrewSurvey to provide us with feedback.